Hugo

See also: Hugó

English

Etymology

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“thought, mind, spirit”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhjuɡoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -uːɡəʊ

Proper noun

Hugo

  1. A male given name., a Latinized form of Hugh.
    • 1986 Kitty Burns Florey: Real Life. Morrow 1986. →ISBN page 34:
      He had liked a girl named Sandra in seventh grade. "Where did you get the name Hugo?" she had asked him once. "It sounds like a made-up name. What's your real name, Hugo? Or are you a Russian spy?"
  2. A French surname​.
  3. a statutory town in Colorado, USA, which is the county seat of Lincoln County.
  4. a city in Oklahoma, USA, and the county seat of Choctaw County. It was named after Victor Hugo.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

Hugo (plural Hugos)

  1. A Hugo Award, a statuette given out by the World Science Fiction Society.

Anagrams

Czech

Proper noun

Hugo m

  1. A male given name., cognate to Hugh.

Danish

Proper noun

Hugo

  1. A male given name., cognate to Hugh.

French

Etymology

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“thought, mind, spirit”).

Proper noun

Hugo

  1. A male given name., a latinized from of Hugues.
  2. A surname​.
    Victor Hugo, a French poet, novelist, and dramatist

German

Proper noun

Hugo m (genitive Hugos)

  1. A male given name., cognate to Hugh.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Hugo

  1. A male given name., cognate to Hugh.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“thought, mind, spirit”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hugo m

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English Hugh and Hugo.

Slovak

Etymology

From French Hugo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦuɡɔ/

Proper noun

Hugo m (genitive Huga, nominative plural Hugovia) declension pattern chlap

  1. A male given name..

Declension

Further reading

  • Hugo in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Etymology

From Old French Hugo, of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *hugiz (“thought, mind, spirit”).

Proper noun

Hugo m

  1. A male given name., equivalent to Hugh.

Swedish

Proper noun

Hugo c (genitive Hugos)

  1. A male given name., cognate to Hugh.
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